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Good morning,

My husband asked me last night if I want to renew my nursing malpractice insurance. I am curious what other Clinical Documentation Specialists thoughts are regarding carrying insurance? I can't quite make the connection how it would help me in this field but it is kind of like letting go of a "wooby"!

I look forward to your comments. Thanks


Linnea Thennes, RN, BS, CCDS

Clinical Documentation Specialist

Clinical Resource Management

Northwest Community Hospital

847.618-3089

lthennes@nch.org

Comments

  • heidi.koenigheidi.koenig
    edited May 2016
    Are you covered under your facility's group umbrella? I can't see how you could be sued for any kind of malpractice, although if a pt does file a lawsuit usually anyone who is on the chart is called in and questioned.

    Thanks,
    Heidi Koenig, RN
    Clinical Document Specialist
    Ocala Regional Medical Center
    Heidi.koenig@hcahealthcare.com
    352-401-1686
  • robert.hodges2robert.hodges2
    edited May 2016
    I don't carry it. I don't document in the record and only request
    clarifications. I don't need see a need for malpractice unless you are
    working in a clinical setting providing patient care too.



    Robert



    Robert S. Hodges, BSN, MSN, RN

    Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist

    Aleda E. Lutz VAMC

    Mail Code 136

    1500 Weiss Street

    Saginaw MI 48602



    P: 989-497-2500 x13101

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  • pfowlerpfowler
    edited May 2016
    I don't document in the record and I don't do patient care, so I see no
    need for the expense of malpractice insurance. I was always told lawyers
    go for the ones who have the malpractice insurance! LOL



    Patsy Fowler RN, MSN, CCDS

    Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist

    Marion Regional Hospital

    PO Box 1150

    Marion, SC 29571

    Office 843-431-2044

    Cell 843-431-2863

    Fax 843-431-2432



  • catladyrncatladyrn
    I didn't renew my malpractice this year, for the reasons others have mentioned, but I have to address Patsy's point: there are two sides to that argument. Yes, lawyers like to go after the deep pockets, but the flip side is that the hospital that is supposedly covering you under the doctrine of respondeat superior will cut you loose in a New York minute if you haven't followed every minutia of every policy, procedure, and standard they can find. Then you and your personal assets are out there, naked, to be picked clean by the lawyers. We are all likely very, very good nurses, but not a single one of us is perfect, and malpractice cases can certainly highlight that. I did not want to take that risk when I was an ICU nurse. $100 or so a year was so worth it to me.

    Renee


    Linda Renee Brown, RN, CCRN, CCDS
    Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist
    Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
  • dallend@einstein.edudallend@einstein.edu
    edited May 2016

    I do not carry malpractice insurance. I am not doing patient care or treatments.

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